Pirates Take Down St. John's In BIG EAST Opener

Friday, December 30

South Orange, N.J.

7 p.m.

Seton Hall University

8-4, 1-0

St. John's

8-4, 0-1

St. John's

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SJU

SHU

FG%

.358

.414

3FG%

.067

.400

FT%

.833

.588

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12/30/2016 10:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – In a back-and-forth thriller on Friday night, the Seton Hall women's basketball team (8-4, 1-0 BIG EAST) took down St. John's (8-4, 1-0) by a score of 64-59 inside a raucous Walsh Gymnasium. The contest served as the BIG EAST opener for both teams, as The Hall improves to 3-1 in conference lid-lifters under fourth-year head coach Anthony Bozzella.

In a contest that featured both 11 ties and 11 lead changes, JaQuan Jackson (Killeen, Texas) battled foul trouble to lead three Pirates in double-figures with a team-high 18 points. Also in double-digits for The Hall were Lubirdia Gordon (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) and Deja Winters (Richmond Heights, Ohio) who each finished with 10.

The Pirates and Red Storm went to the halftime break knotted at 31-all, with The Hall pulling ahead by a single point heading to the fourth quarter. Neither squad held a lead bigger than seven points throughout the contest.

Turning Points
Midway through the fourth quarter, The Hall appeared poised to break the game open when it stretched the lead to seven. Claire Lundberg (Andover, Minn.) knocked down a 3-pointer and was fouled in the act, converting the four-point play to give The Hall a 55-48 lead with 5:16 to play. The Red Storm would answer quickly, rattling off five in a row to get back within three before a Jackson lay-in.

The Hall led by five with 3:41 to play, but a 7-0 run from St. John's gave the Red Storm a 59-57 advantage with under two minutes to play. The Hall answered quickly, as Gordon scored off a game-high seventh assist from Kaela Hilaire (Floral Park, N.Y.) to tie the contest right back-up with 1:37 to play.

On St. John's' next possession, Winters came up with a steal near the sideline and sent a pass ahead to LaTecia Smith (Gardena, Calif.) for a go-ahead lay-in with 1:08 to play. Smith would cap the game in the final seconds, snagging another steal after a missed free throw and burying two from the line to build the final five-point edge.

Inside The Numbers

The Pirates shot 41.4 percent from the floor and 40.0 percent from 3-point range
The Hall had its best perimeter defense showing of the year, limiting St. John's to 1-of-15 from beyond the arc
Seton Hall held a 42-30 edge in rebounding, with a balanced effort led by six each from Jordan Molyneaux (Denver, Colo.) and Shadeen Samuels (Ossining, N.Y.)
Jade Walker led St. John's with 21 points on 8-of-14 shooting
The SHU bench out-scored St. Johns' by a margin of 15-3

News and Notes

The Pirates improve to 29-44 all-time against the Red Storm
Seton Hall moves to 7-1 at home this season and 50-10 at Walsh Gym in the last four season
A crowd of 1,327 was announced, good for 80.2 percent capacity and the best of the season
Jackson has scored in double-figures in all nine games during her SHU career and ranks second in the BIG EAST with 17.4 points per game
Winters has scored in double-figures off the bench five times this season

Up Next
The Pirates hit the road for the first time in BIG EAST play when they visit Butler on Jan. 2 on FS1.